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OAKLAND, Calif. -- Pirates manager Clint Hurdle was in the clubhouse relaxing when his bullpen put the finishing touches on the teams third come-from-behind win in three days.With their relievers pitching so well lately, the Pirates are ready for a four-game series with NL rival St. Louis beginning Monday.Adam Frazier tripled in the tying run with one out in the sixth, then scored on an infield single to lift the Pirates to a 6-3 victory over the Oakland Athletics on Sunday.Four Pittsburgh relievers combined to retire the final 12 batters, extending the bullpens scoreless streak to 32 2/3 innings.The guys in front had to deal with some traffic today and they stayed focused on making the next good pitch, Hurdle said after the Pirates seventh win in nine games. They all just stayed within themselves, kept their composure and competed with the skills that they had. It worked out well for us.Hurdle wasnt around to see it on the field. He was ejected in the bottom of the sixth for arguing balls and strikes.The As scored twice in the second but managed only one run the rest of the way, despite getting men on base in five of the final six innings.A.J. Schugel pitched out of a one-out jam in the sixth with runners on the corners. Neftali Feliz retired three straight in the seventh after giving up consecutive singles. Tony Watson got a double play to end the eighth following a one-out single by Yonder Alonso before Mark Melancon pitched the ninth for his 24th save, preserving Francisco Lirianos first win in more than five weeks.When you have one of those days when you dont have your `A game, its nice to know that the bullpen is going to do a great job, said Liriano, who allowed three runs and six hits with two strikeouts and one walk. Theyve done a great job the last couple of years and this year, too.David Friese hit a two-run homer and Gregory Polanco added two RBI as the Pirates completed the three-game sweep in their first visit to the Oakland Coliseum since 2010.Liriano (5-8) pitched five innings to win for the first time since May 24. The lefty had lost five straight games before beating the As to help extend Pittsburghs winning streak to four.Billy Butler had an RBI double and scored for Oakland. The As have lost four straight after winning the opener on this five-game homestand.We got derailed again this series, Oakland manager Bob Melvin said. Its frustrating but no more for me than anyone else.John Jaso had two hits for Pittsburgh to snap a 0-for-10 skid. Jaso was also hit by a pitch in the fifth before Polancos two-run single.Friese, who entered the game as a pinch hitter in the sixth, homered off John Axford in the eighth.BAKED McBRIDEMatt McBride was called up from Triple-A Nashville to replace injured Oakland backup catcher Josh Phegley on the roster but didnt arrive at the Coliseum until shortly before first pitch. He started and batted eighth, going 1 for 2 in two plate appearances before getting lifted for a pinch hitter in the sixth.TRAINERS ROOMPirates: OF Andrew McCutchen took the day off to rest his sore left heel. McCutchen was injured while sliding into home plate on a wild pitch Friday.Athletics: Reliever Francisco Rodriguez left the game with a right shoulder strain after facing one batter in the eighth. He is scheduled to have an MRI. . Phegley was placed on the disabled list with what team officials are calling a right knee strain. Melvin said its possible that Phegley will require surgery.UP NEXTPirates: Jonathon Niese (6-6) takes a four-game losing streak into Monday afternoons start in St. Louis. The lefty has a 5.32 ERA on the road this season.Athletics: Right-hander Kendall Graveman (3-6) pitches the series opener in Minnesota on Monday. Graveman has allowed two runs or less in six of his previous eight starts. Daniel Robertson Rays Jersey . LOUIS -- St. Michael Perez Jersey . -- Matt Kuchar and Harris English ran away with the Franklin Templeton Shootout, shooting a 14-under 58 on Sunday in the final-round scramble to break the tournament course record. https://www.cheapraysonline.com/ . "I wrote 36 on my sheet at the beginning of the game," the Cincinnati coach said, referring the yard line the ball would need to be snapped from. Ryan Yarbrough Jersey .C. -- Rodney Hood connected from all over the court while freshman Jabari Parker was busy swatting shots and scoring in transition. Diego Castillo Jersey . Howard Ganz, an MLB lawyer, said in a letter to U.S. District Judge Edgardo Ramos that Rodriguezs claims do not come "remotely close" to what is needed to overturn an arbitration decision in federal court. A fully loaded UFC 200 on July 9 probably would have been enough for one week in Las Vegas. But the UFC opted to add another event (UFC Fight Night: Dos Anjos-Alvarez) on July 7. And one more (The Ultimate Fighter 23 Finale) on July 8.You realize what that is? Thats 35 cage fights over the course of three days. The UFC has run this marathon once before, in December. That particular stretch culminated in a 13-second knockout for Conor McGregor against Jose Aldo in a featherweight championship fight.Personally, I would describe that December run as long but manageable -- and it helps when youve got a nice carrot at the end to look ahead to. This summer, the carrot is UFC 200 as a whole: a full night of marquee matchups. And the buildup is actually better than it was in December, with title fights headlining each of the first two events next week.Its a lot of MMA to digest, but theres a lot to look forward to in these lineups. Here are the Top 10 must-see fights of the UFCs second-ever marathon week.10. Cat Zingano (9-1) vs. Julianna Pena (7-2), womens bantamweights, UFC 200The image of Zingano after her last fight was a lasting one. Following her 14-second loss to Ronda Rousey at UFC 184 early last year, Zingano struggled to hold back tears while miserably saying shed do anything to get back to a second UFC title fight. Even the traditionally stone-cold Rousey expressed sympathy to Zingano that night, embracing her right after nearly tearing her arm off. That was 17 months ago. Zingano took a personal break to get her life in order and moved camps to Alliance MMA in San Diego. In the meantime, the division is wide open now that Rousey has been vanquished. Zingano faces a spark plug in Pena, who is 26 and just might be putting it all together. Yes, I do believe Ill watch this.9. Johny Hendricks (17-4) vs. Kelvin Gastelum (11-2), welterweights, UFC 200Hendricks is 1-2 in his previous three fights, including a weight-cutting fiasco last October that nixed a meeting against current title challenger Tyron Woodley. Coincidentally, Gastelum is also 1-2 in his past three and missed weight for a fight against Woodley last year! Both now say that weight issues are a thing of the past, and both are in need of a big win. The winner will still be viewed as a legitimate title contender. The loser ... who knows? The loser might be headed to middleweight.8. Miesha Tate (18-5) vs. Amanda Nunes (12-4), womens bantamweight title, UFC 200This is a completely fine 135-pound female championship fight, all right? Nothing wrong with it whatsoever. Nunes deserves to be in this spot. Shes 5-1 in the UFC, and theres a real possibility she will exit the weekend a UFC champion. But the championship fight at this weight class, as long as Rousey is out, is a rematch between Tate and Holly Holm. That first meeting in March, which Tate won in dramatic fashion via fifth-round submission, begged for an immediate rematch. Again, this fight is well worth your time and its No. 8 on a list of 35 total fights. But it should have been Tate-Holm II.7. Will Brooks (17-1) vs. Ross Pearson (19-10), lightweights, TUF 23 FinaleBrooks is the real deal. I mean, technically, Pearson is Ross The Real Deal Pearson, but figuratively speaking, Brooks is the real deal. At least, he appears to be. He was a dominant lightweight champion for Bellator MMA and holds two quality wins over the talented Michael Chandler. Pearson will give him a stern test, as hell be highly motivated to record his first winning streak since 2013 against a ranked opponent. No disrespect at all to Pearson, but this is a litmus test for Brooks. Get his feet wet, see if he swims and then, youd think, drop him in the deep end.6. Brock Lesnar (5-3) vs. Mark Hunt (12-10-1), heavyweights, UFC 200What a time to be alive. An angel sent from the farms of Saskatchewan, Canada, (and the WWE ring) will grace UFC 200 with his presence. Stylistically, this one, who knows? We expect Lesnar to wrestle and Hunt to try to knock his face off as the big man himself would say. As something of an MMA purist, I would usually say these types of things dont interest me as much as other fights on the card, but this is heavyweight MMA. Lesnar, regardless of anyones personal feelings on him, is a former champion and Hunt has the occasional wrestling problem. I expect Hunt to roll, but could Lesnar summon some kind of UFC 100-esque magic? One cant help but want to find out.5. T.J. Dillashaw (12-3) vs. Raphael Assuncao (23-4), bantamweights, UFC 200This ones pretty simple: Dillashaw is a joy to watch. I dont know if he beat Dominick Cruz in January for the UFC bantamweight championship, but I do know he didnt lose.dddddddddddd. That split-decision nod to Cruz had a very well, somebodys gotta win this thing feel to it, in my opinion. That was probably one of the closest five-round fights Ive ever seen, and, frankly, Im anxiously awaiting a second one. Im also not looking past Assuncao, who is on a seven-fight win streak (but hasnt fought since 2014). He also has a controversial win over Dillashaw from 2013. This is a critical matchup at 135 pounds, and I consider one of the men involved (Dillashaw) to be one of the best pound-for-pound fighters in the world today.4. Rafael dos Anjos (25-7) vs. Eddie Alvarez (27-4), lightweight title, UFC Fight NightIts hard to imagine that once upon a time dos Anjos was supposed to defend his lightweight title against McGregor in a champion vs. champion match. An unfortunate foot injury bounced RDA from that megafight at UFC 196, and the rest is pretty much history. On paper, the Brazilian looks like a relatively bad matchup for Alvarez, who has clawed his way into position with back-to-back split decisions against Gilbert Melendez and Anthony Pettis, the second of which some found questionable. What we have here, really, is a champion who has demolished five consecutive opponents going against a challenger who is widely known for his ability to take lumps and heroically find a way to get his hand raised. Makes for an interesting matchup.3. Daniel Cormier (17-1) vs. Jon Jones (22-1), light heavyweight unification, UFC 200Can Cormier do better than he did on Jan. 3, 2015? Thats what this comes down to. Their first fight was a grind, which can still be entertaining as long as its a competitive grind. But it really wasnt all that competitive. Cormier didnt get blown out, but he was never really in control, either. He ended up losing four of five rounds. If this fight is a repeat of that, it will be a bit of a buzzkill (like hearing someone describe the end of a great movie and then trying to watch start to finish). If we know how the marathon ends, the whole thing is a little less fun. If Cormier can hurt Jones, change the script from the first fight and make Jones look vulnerable, this fight instantly jumps to the top of the list.2. Joanna Jedrzejczyk (11-0) vs. Claudia Gadelha (13-1), female strawweight title, TUF 23 FinaleThere is talent (and young talent at that) in the UFCs 115-pound female division. Having said that, Gadelha might represent the only real threat to the velociraptor of pain that is Jedrzejczyk. The Polish champion is only 28. The only difficult fight of her career came against Gadelha in a split-decision win in December 2014. Really, the difference in that fight might have been a single punch, as Jedrzejczyk was able to knock Gadelha down in the closing seconds of a close first round that ultimately played huge in the scorecards. Gadelha is 27, so both of these women will be the cream of the crop of this division for years to come. There is probably some kind of additional storyline here involving these two as The Ultimate Fighter coaches as well, but Im willing to admit the only TUF I caught this season were a few fights I fast-forwarded to at the end of episodes.1. Jose Aldo vs. Frankie Edgar, interim featherweight title, UFC 200As I mentioned in this weeks Five Rounds, Ive questioned some of Aldos actions in the aftermath of his 13-second loss to McGregor in December. Not that Im holding the Brazilian to some impossible standard when it comes to handling defeat, but simply from a publics perception perspective, I dont think he has done himself many favors. Chalking the knockout up as a completely lucky punch, saying he would fight McGregor anytime, anywhere ... only to decline a short-notice rematch at UFC 196. I understand his reasons for not wanting that fight on short notice, but then, just dont say anytime, anywhere. And then theres the social media post of an ominous-looking photograph of himself, calling McGregor out the night he lost to Diaz. Again, Aldo can do whatever he wants, but for a fighter who never really spoke up and talked much before, its just made me wonder how hes truly dealing with his first loss in 10 years. At UFC 200, well see if Aldo is still Aldo -- because if hes not, Edgar is running at a high enough octane right now to stomp him. I expect this to be a back-and-forth, give-and-take interim championship fight, and I do believe, unlike many others, theres still a good chance McGregor eventually returns to face the winner. ' ' '